plomo

Meaning

1. (masculine) lead (heavy, pliable, inelastic metal)
2. (masculine) grey (colour between white and black)
3. (masculine) shot, pellet
4. (masculine) plumb line
5. (masculine) fuse
6. (informal,masculine) bore, drag (something boring or dull)

Concepts

lead

fuse

grey

sinker

bullet

plumb

dumbbell

gray

leaden

light blue

menace

pain in the neck

plumb-line

plummet

shot

slug

tin

ash-colored

ash-gray

lead-colored

Pb

see a plo

blue

plumbum

bore

boring

brown

cutout

drip

Synonyms

gris

azul

fusible

pelma

pelmazo

estaño

rubio

pesado

bala

plomada

plomizo

rucio

Pb

color de sayal

color grisáceo

gris plomo

plomo oscuro

chumbimba

darse "chumbimba": cojerse a plomo

aburrido

plasta

café

pistola

por supuesto

azul claro

cansino

ceniciento

color plomo

coñazo

Hyphenated as

plo‧mo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈplomo/

Etymology

From Latin plumbum, either taken as an early semi-learned term (Latin pl- normally becomes ll- in inherited Spanish), or alternatively, possibly borrowed from medieval Catalan (see plom) or Aragonese, or even Mozarabic (as most of the lead in Spain came from Almería in Andalusia), although the latter seems unlikely as the Mozarabic result should be *plombo; it is also not impossible that a conservative pronunciation was maintained among the upper classes. The Latin term is related to Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”), possibly from Etruscan. See also Portuguese chumbo, which was inherited and underwent the regular sound change, and prumo, which is semi-learned. Cognate with English plumb.